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Definition of crowd-pleaser in English:

crowd-pleaser

noun

‘There are far more people at their concerts these days; possibly because they avoid most of their own albums, and play some old-time crowd-pleasers.’

‘The main flaw of this show - designed to be a crowd-pleaser in many ways - is its lack of critical engagement with the photographer's own claims about her work.’

‘She was a clever theatre programmer who would mix crowd-pleasers with less obvious work and still keep the punters coming.’

‘He speaks reverently about his fans and their dedication to his music, and he's a genuine crowd-pleaser when it comes to playing the songs they want to hear.’

‘Catching only the last few songs from this band was disappointing as they seemed to be a big crowd-pleaser and when the end came there was lots of shouting and clapping for more.’

‘He once gave us gorgeously-designed spectacles that not only challenged Hollywood's hegemony over blockbuster crowd-pleasers, but beat Hollywood at its own game by making his blockbusters smarter and more stylish.’

‘Their wonderfully playful set took in reggae and funk as well as the reliably prickly outbursts of their infectious and catchy crowd-pleasers.’

‘Certainly it's a crowd-pleaser, coming away with the audience prize from several world-class film festivals.’

‘He moved to Las Vegas and lived there, he moved to Hawaii and lived there; by 1974, he was earning up to $US20,000 a week, belting out crowd-pleasers in his big, big voice.’

‘The lack of substance in Hollywood crowd-pleasers is constantly decried, harking back to some golden moment in the 1970s or even the 1930s, when films could stimulate the mind as well as satiate the senses.’

‘The evidence suggests that reinventions, in any guises and at whichever end of the scale, are surefire crowd-pleasers.’

‘The crowd-pleasers always get the spotlight, while the straight men do their stuff.’

‘I've liked both albums they've released, and it was good to hear the crowd-pleasers and so on being performed - but somewhere along the line there's just needs to be some variety.’

‘I mean, don't tell me that I'm turning into a politician, skipping over the real problems to focus on the flashy, easily remedied crowd-pleasers.’

‘By their nature, sports movies are crowd-pleasers.’

‘Football chairmen should rise above being simply crowd-pleasers.’

‘It was a crowd-pleaser, the number one protest song.’

‘So although it was a crowd-pleaser with magnificent tutus, there were heart-stopping moments as young dancers struggled to fully realise difficult choreography.’

‘With dates in Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines ahead of her this week the songstress insists that she will continue to play the crowd-pleasers despite hating some of the songs.’

‘Drum solos are reliable crowd-pleasers: the audience goes wild; the rest of the band gets a breather.’